Out4Trout Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Thursday evening, end of a short week - drop my son off at Cadets for 7pm. Softwater season - no bugs - who could ask for anything better than a crappie fest!! I winged over to a local lake for a fish, arrived in my favourite spot at 7:20pm. Nobody else in sight - sweet. First bite @ 7:45pm, a decent slab. 2 more slabs by 9:30pm, then a jumbo perch nailed the jig. 2 more slabs, then another perch, then a largemouth bass... now 10:45pm SQUAAAAAAAAWK!!! I nearly fell in the lake. A heron had come in without me noticing, and was standing about 10ft from where I was fishing. He must have walked along the shore, then had a good laugh at how he startled me. Things slowed down a bit, but managed one more slab by 11:15p and headed for home. Filleted the fish this morning - fish fry planned with the family this afternoon. Fresh spring crappie and perch - delightful!!! Some technical details... 8 fow, 4 out of the 6 slabs were taken with a tiny orange jig, with a white Gulp Alive fish fry skewered on the back. 2 out of the 6 and both perch taken with a glow Genz bug - with a white Gulp Alive fish fry skewered on the back O4T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Great report and pics Out4Trout Got to love it when the bite is on.... Guess you'll be eating well this afternoon!! Good job and thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Yummmm.. Crappie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Somebody had a good evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhenrygsr Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 OMG DID YOU REMEMBER TO PICK UP YOUR SON FROM CADETS? lol awesome job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out4Trout Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 (edited) OMG DID YOU REMEMBER TO PICK UP YOUR SON FROM CADETS? Uh-oh!!! I better head over there RIGHT NOW!!! j/k - my wife picked him up (hmmmmmm ... Mariko... yep I looked again.... ) Edited April 11, 2009 by Out4Trout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboy Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 <br/>Thursday evening, end of a short week - drop my son off at Cadets for 7pm. Softwater season - no bugs - who could ask for anything better than a crappie fest!! <br/> I winged over to a local lake for a fish, arrived in my favourite spot at 7:20pm. Nobody else in sight - sweet. <br/> First bite @ 7:45pm, a decent slab. 2 more slabs by 9:30pm, then a jumbo perch nailed the jig. 2 more slabs, then another perch, then a largemouth bass... now 10:45pm <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> SQUAAAAAAAAWK!!! <br/> I nearly fell in the lake. A heron had come in without me noticing, and was standing about 10ft from where I was fishing. He must have walked along the shore, then had a good laugh at how he startled me. <br/> Things slowed down a bit, but managed one more slab by 11:15p and headed for home. <br/> <br/> Filleted the fish this morning - fish fry planned with the family this afternoon. Fresh spring crappie and perch - delightful!!! <br/> Some technical details... 8 fow, 4 out of the 6 slabs were taken with a tiny orange jig, with a white Gulp Alive fish fry skewered on the back. 2 out of the 6 and both perch taken with a glow Genz bug - with a white Gulp Alive fish fry skewered on the back <br/> <br/> <br/> O4T nice tasty-looking work-congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutnMuskieHunter Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Way to go Bud ....must have been a good snack!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorlifts Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 NICE!!! Sure wish I was catchin n eatin those. good post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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